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A beautiful garden or just a plot is the dream of many. And no matter how extraordinary the beauty of the flowers fills it, this dream cannot come true until decorative shrubs appear in the garden that can simply transform the whole space and delight the eye all year round.

Low growing ornamental shrubs for the garden

Low-growing shrubs are good because they can both create compositions on their own and serve as an excellent backdrop for other members of the garden. Usually unpretentious in terms of conditions and care, low-growing shrubs are able to reduce the number of growing weeds or simply decorate with themselves some undesirable area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe territory.

Usually these include plants whose height does not exceed 1 meter and among them you can find flowering, decorative and deciduous, fruit and.

Quince Japanese low (Chaenomeles japonica) – great choice for a hedge. It has thorns, and arched sloping branches from the end of May are covered with bright orange-red flowers, which are replaced by golden fruits. It is not afraid of winters and tolerates them well under snow.

Japanese quince "Rubra"

heather (Calluna vulgaris) is a low-growing evergreen shrub that is valued for its long flowering throughout the second half of summer. Its height does not exceed 60 cm, and the shoots are always directed strictly upwards, due to which a profusely flowering crown is formed. beautiful shape. Heather is able to grow on any soil, provided there is sufficient light.

Heather ordinary "Annemarie

wolf ( Daphne) - the only drawback of this shrub is that all its parts, including the fruits, are highly poisonous. Although in appearance, this is a rather pretty plant, with white fragrant flowers, which are replaced by bright red berries. The soil prefers fertile, well-lit places and does not tolerate drought.

Daphne (wolf, wolfberry) hybrid "Lawrence Crocker"

The action is graceful ( Deutzia gracilis) is a flowering shrub, up to 80 cm high. Its flowers are collected in white inflorescences of 30-40 pieces, and the leaves can be not only green, but also variegated and even golden. It is also noteworthy that the action is practically not affected by garden pests.

Deutsia graceful "Chardonnay Pearls"

Cotoneaster horizontal (Cotoneaster horizontalis) is a slowly growing shrub, which, however, is more than offset by its decorative effect. Green shiny leaves change to purple-orange by autumn, which in turn are replaced by berries coral color able to please for a long time, even under the snow.

Cotoneaster horizontal

Potentilla shrub (Potentilla fruticosa) - a versatile shrub that can decorate itself and hedge, and a border. Its bright yellow lights last up to 100 days. Quite unpretentious to growing conditions.

Potentilla shrub

Snowberry ( Symphoricarpos) – hallmark of this deciduous shrub, are showy fruits of white or pale pink color that persist throughout the winter. A rather unpretentious plant that prefers limestone soils and tolerates a haircut. The Chenot snowberry is especially interesting for carpet plantings ( Symphoricarpos x chenaultii), resulting from hybridization with. rounded, but it requires shelter for the winter.

Snowberry Chenot

Norway spruce (Picea abies) - contrary to popular belief, it can also be undersized and not exceed 30 - 50 cm in height. It is to such low-growing varieties that can be attributed "Little Gem", having a hemispherical dense crown, with dark green needles and "Echiniformis", which, with its outlines, can sometimes create rather bizarre images. Both varieties are hardy and easy to grow.

Norway spruce "Little Gem

The next two species are herbaceous perennials, although they are sometimes referred to as subshrubs.

Pachysandra apical (Pachysandra terminalis) is an evergreen low growing shrub that grows quickly and is ideal for shady places in the garden. It can be planted with areas under fruit trees, thereby creating carpet plantings. Its small white flowers are collected in spikes and appear for a short time - in April.

Pachysandra apical

St. John's wort(Hypericum ascyron) - a plant that does not impose special requirements on the place on which it grows, therefore it can be placed in any part of the garden. Its bright yellow flowers, decorative appearance, delight the eye for a long time. And harsh winters do not frighten him at all, since, even if he freezes, he is able to quickly recover.

St. John's wort

Creeping forms of ornamental shrubs

Creeping shrubs include those species whose crowns develop and grow in a horizontal plane. Many of them have a rather openwork crown, which must be taken into account when mulching. In addition, although they give the impression of green carpets, especially when planted in large groups, it is not desirable to walk on them, as they cannot stand it.

Blackberry cut (Rubus laciniatus) - can spread up to 4 m in diameter, while its height does not exceed 80 cm. Split, dark green leaves turn bright purple in autumn, and the shoots give edible fruits.

Blackberry cut

buckthorn willow (Salix rhamnifolia) - no more than 250 cm in height, but in width it can grow to unlimited distances. The fact is that her creeping shoots are able to take root right there, which allows her to look like a solid green carpet. It grows quite quickly, tolerates darkening and waterlogging of the soil, therefore it is ideal for planting near fountains, ponds and streams. However, there are a great many creeping willow species, interest in them is due to the search for interesting dwarf plants for alpine slides and rockeries. Read more about arctic dwarf willows at the ECDR project.

buckthorn willow

Microbiota cross-pair (Microbiota decussata) – evergreen, which prefers darkening and when exposed to direct sunlight, its needles turn yellow and fall off. It tolerates harsh winters well, but does not tolerate waterlogging of the soil at all. Grows slowly.

Microbiota cross

juniper lying (Juniperus procumbens) - a shrub no higher than 60 cm in height, but in diameter it can grow up to 2 m. It has bluish, dense needles and grows rather slowly, but it is unpretentious in care.

Juniper lying "" Nana

Stephanandra incised leaf (stephanandra incisa) - grows quite quickly and is able to create green surfaces of almost any area. It is unpretentious in care, tolerates winters well, and even if it freezes, it recovers very quickly.

Stephanandra cut-leaved "Crispa

In addition to the above shrubs, other types of junipers can also be noted (m. Cossack, m. horizontal, m. medium), many varieties of mountain pine (however, it still needs formative pruning), undersized varieties Weymouth pine (say, "radiata"), cedar elfin ( Pinus pumila). This is with regards to conifers. From deciduous, you can add Thunberg's barberry to this list ("" green carpet""), creeping broom, Fortune's euonymus, Dummer's cotoneaster, Japanese spirea (" Crispa"", ""little princess"", ""Goldmound"", ""Japanese Dwarf"", ""Albiflora""), offspring derain (" Kelseyi"") and d. Canadian, in the southern regions - boxwood and shiny honeysuckle.

When choosing decorative low-growing and creeping shrubs for your garden, it is necessary to take into account not only climate conditions, soil and access to moisture, but the characteristics of the species. After all, it’s not for nothing that all ornamental shrubs are also divided into spring, summer, winter and year-round, choosing the right ones can really make your dream of a beautiful garden come true.

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To create comfort personal plot a private house is required not only to create beautiful flower beds but also to plant ornamental shrubs. With their help, many problems are solved. From dividing the space of the garden into zones and filling the site with flowering plants to enclosing it with a green living fence.

Flowering beautiful shrubs

Use flowering shrubs more interesting. Some of them have an amazing aroma and literally transform the garden. They can be used in mixed plantings, mixborders, along fences to create compositions that bloom all summer from different plants that replace each other in terms of flowering.

This list of flowering shrubs can include such plants:

Budley. It resembles a lilac, can grow up to three meters. Color shades: pink and lavender, purple and white, and white. These beautiful shrubs will decorate the garden all summer because they bloom until frost.

Bloodroot. An inconspicuous plant, blooms with numerous, but medium-sized flowers, the foliage is not particularly beautiful. However, not a single shrub border or mixborder can do without Potentilla: while other shrubs fade in turn, it creates a bright spot in the garden. They have established themselves as shrubs that bloom all summer, winter-hardy, as they are not afraid of frost. Flowering begins in May and stops with the first frost. It is unpretentious to the soil, blooms well both in a sunny place and in light partial shade, care comes down to annual pruning. There are varieties of this continuously flowering shrub of different colors.

Calicant decorate the garden with original water lily flowers. This is a beautiful, hardy, but rare shrub from North America. The flowers are large with numerous petals. All parts of the garden plant are fragrant. Blooms in June - July. Requires pruning in the spring.

Bush rose. It varies greatly in the size of the bushes and the shape of the flowers. They bloom all summer or are characterized by re-blooming.

Caryopteris will add blue hues to the garden, as his brushes have just that color. This is a flowering shrub with a rounded crown for the front of the border. They are planted in groups. It is undemanding to the soil. Quite winter-hardy. Flowering time September - October. Need pruning shrubs in March.

cistus resembles in shape the flowers of poppies or non-double roses, sometimes with spots at the base of the petals. Flowers with paper-thin petals are short-lived. Each flower lives only one day, but since new buds are constantly appearing, the bush blooms all summer. The plant is warm and photophilous, forms a low rounded bush. Does not tolerate clay soil. Flowering time June - August. Pruning in spring.

Cletra alder-leaved prefers moist soil. It gets along well along the edges of ravines and by the pond. This shrub requires almost no care. It quickly spreads throughout the territory provided to it. Its feature is that flowers appear only on young shoots. Therefore, it is recommended to cut it every year. It blooms in summer (July - August) with small fragrant flowers, collected at the ends of the shoots in long spike-shaped inflorescences. In autumn, the foliage of the shrub is brightly colored.

evergreen shrubs

With regular and proper pruning, evergreen shrubs easily turn into a hedge or an unusual living sculpture that will become the center of a recreation area. To do this, it is enough to skillfully cut them. A list of what evergreen ornamental shrubs can be planted in the garden:

Holly. Not afraid of frost. Grows over a meter. The oblong leaves are studded with thorns. Therefore, it is unpleasant to approach him closely.

Yew. A slow growing coniferous plant, planted in hedgerows in mild climates. The usual color of the foliage is dark green, there are varieties with golden foliage, as well as various form growth - from ground cover to tall columnar trees. Better than many other coniferous plants tolerates unfavourable conditions growth, but does not tolerate stagnant water at the roots in the cold season. The plant is dioecious, on females seeds are formed with a fleshy red roof up to 1 cm in diameter. Leaves and seeds are poisonous.

boxwood a popular shrub for hedges, including low, framing flower beds. It withstands frequent shearing and partial shade, is not afraid of the wind, and is undemanding to the soil. Keep in mind that boxwood is very easy to care for. He does not need annual pruning. Cut out only dry and thickening branches, and also shorten the elongated shoots.

Calmia it is a beautifully flowering shrub that pleases with its flowering in May - June. In a non-flowering state, Calmia is similar to a rhododendron, plants are easily distinguished by flowers. Kalmia has buds similar to Chinese lanterns, the edges of the petals are corrugated. Likes moist acidic soil and light partial shade.

Calmia boxwood Yew

Shade-loving garden shrubs

They are often used to create a smooth transition from grass cover to canopy. garden trees. Shade-loving shrubs are also needed to create beautiful design fences and shady side of a private house. The most common shade-tolerant shrubs are listed below.

Cotoneaster. One of the most important ornamental beautiful fruit-bearing shrubs in the garden. The genus includes plants of different shapes and sizes, most of them evergreen or semi-evergreen. The leaves are oval, with a solid edge, pink buds in May or June open to white flowers. ripen in autumn beautiful fruits, which are practically not pecked by birds. Some cotoneasters have beautiful fall foliage. Strongly overgrown bushes are pruned in the spring. Valued for the unusual dark green color of glossy leaves. They tend to change color to red when autumn comes.

Rhododendrons- magnificent flowering beautiful shrubs, which also prefer to be sheltered from the midday sun. Traditionally, representatives of the genus are divided into rhododendrons and azaleas. Rhododendrons growing in the shade on average reach a height of 1.5 meters, bloom in May, however, there are plants of both 30 cm and 6 m, blooming as in early spring, and in autumn, in August. The color of the flowers is varied, with the exception of blue, the leaves are oval or oblong, wintering. All rhododendrons are characterized by shallow roots, so the soil under the plants is mulched, and watered abundantly in dry weather.

garden jasmine grows well in the sun and in the shade, but in the second case, its flowering will not be so intense. There are two groups of jasmine: bushy with weak stems, grown in wall plantings, and jasmine - creepers that are able to climb the wall, support themselves. Flowering time depends on the species. Grow in moderately fertile soil in partial shade.

Privet tolerates polluted air well, so it is most often grown in the hedges of private houses that overlook city streets. There is variegated varieties. It is characterized by the fact that it does not endure strong winter frosts so it needs shelter. grows in any moderately fertile soil, in sunny or shady place. propagated by woody cuttings open field late autumn. Of care, a haircut is required - hedges are cut in May and August.

Barberry Thunberg are those ornamental flowering shrubs that are beautiful, low and hardy. They are widely used in garden decoration, as they are represented by a large range of varieties. Very common and popular different kinds barberry. Barberry Thunberg grows up to 1.5 meters. The leaves of the shrub turn red in autumn, the berries ripen red. This one blooms beautiful shrub in April - May.

fast growing shrubs

Gardeners choose them in a situation where a hedge needs to be grown in short time. Often such landings are made combined of different types shrubs. In this case, you should carefully consider the issue of the future size of an adult plant and its relationship to a haircut.

The most popular of the fast-growing shrubs are:

• dogwood and barberry;
• viburnum vesicle - an unpretentious shrub with a rounded crown shape;
• the turn does not need careful pruning, it is produced only when more dense vegetation is needed;
• honeysuckle requires sanitary pruning in the first seven years, and then it remains only to form a hedge of the desired shape;
• climbing rose, it is recommended to start shaping it in the second year of growth in a permanent place.

vesicle climbing rose Honeysuckle

Low-growing and frost-resistant shrubs for the garden

The first are characterized by the fact that they do not grow above one meter. They are usually planted on the borders. They decorate flower beds. List of low-growing ornamental shrubs for the garden:

• Japanese quince (low) throughout the warm season decorates the cottage with orange or golden color, first flowers then fruits;
• the cinquefoil already mentioned above;
• common heather is evergreen shrub, which blooms most of the summer;
• the action is graceful, its flowering shrubs are the center of attraction, but it is whimsical to excess moisture, severe frosts and cold winds.

Japonica
Heather

If you have not yet decided which shrubs to plant in the country, then you can familiarize yourself with the list of frost-resistant ones:

• blood red hawthorn - grown as a shrub, a low tree or in a hedge, it can grow in almost any conditions, both on dry and marshy soil, in the sun and in the shade;
• goof silver - grown not for the sake of fragrant, but nondescript flowers, but because of the beautiful foliage;
• elderberries are red with beautiful foliage, on which red fruits form after the flowers.

Goof silver
Elder
Hawthorn

Mixborder of conifers and shrubs scheme

The word "mix" leads us to mixing. The second part of the word - border - sends to the borders. It turns out that in such a landing there are no boundaries. But this is not true. It just seems so. In fact, everything here must be carefully thought out and planned.

Plants in a mixborder are supposed to have dense groups that smoothly flow into one another. Moreover, it must contain elements that will remain visible in the cold season. They are shrubs and coniferous plants. They are also called the skeleton of the composition.

Any mixborder must be divided into three parts. They will not be the same in size and shape. In the background are planted tall plants with interesting leaves. The second row is filled with flowers that are characterized by straight and tall stems. They are covered with medium height with a small number of leaves. And stunted and ground cover plants come to the fore. Plantings of annual flowers are usually placed in front of them.

Here is one example of a perennial mixborder along a wall or fence. Its background is decorated with plants: lafanthus, purple echinacea, chatma and clematis. Middle filled shrub cinquefoil, yarrow, fennel multi-grate, bonar verbena, boxwood, decorative wormwood and onions. In the first rows planted: shrub cinquefoil, geranium, soft cuff, coreopsis.

1. Geranium Endressa. 2. The cuff is soft. 3. Majestic geranium. 4. Coreopsis whorled. 5. Potentilla shrub. 6. Ptarmic yarrow. 7. decorative bow. 8. Fennel multi-grate. 9. Bonar verbena. 10. Boxwood. 11. Decorative wormwood. 12. Lofant. 13. Echinacea purpurea. 14. Hatma. 15. Clematis

From the heart of a peony

The bee crawls out slowly.
Oh, with what reluctance! ...

Matsuo Basho

Rhododendron

Rhododendron (Rhododendron) is a flowering shrub and even a tree. Depending on the variety, rhododendrons can be evergreen, with wintering or falling leaves.

Evergreen - retain their foliage for 3-6 years. Those varieties with wintering leaves retain them throughout the year, and the falling leaves stay on the bushes for one season from spring to autumn.

The leaves of rhododendron have different shapes, and the flowers collected in inflorescences surprise with a variety of colors, shapes and sizes. Deciduous species are considered the most winter-hardy:

• Lemon Lights- height and width up to 1.5 m. The bush is decorated with fragrant flowers of bright, lemon yellow color
• Northern Hi-Lights- large bouquets of yellow-white flowers against a background of beautiful red and burgundy leaves. Flowering in late May - June
• Mandarin Lights- flowers are fragrant, narrow, tubular, funnel-shaped, red-orange with dark veins. The leaves are olive green, turning dark burgundy in autumn, almost purple hue. Flowering in late May - June

Evergreen winter-hardy rhododendrons:

• Mauritz
• Haaga
• Mikkeii
• Peter Tigerstedt

Hibiscus Syrian

Syrian hibiscus (tree) is a flowering deciduous shrub. Widespread in southern regions, in Ukraine grows in open ground everywhere. In Russia, it is often grown in the southern regions with shelter for the winter.

It looks good, both in a single landing against a lawn, and in a group of shrubs or in a hedge. The standard hibiscus tree looks extraordinary.

Hibiscus Syrian grows up to 1.5-3 m in height and 1-1.5 m in width. The flowers are large - 12 cm, reminiscent of mallow flowers. Color range from white to purple.

Flowering begins from the end of June and continues until the end of September. Each individual flower lives for a day, but you will never notice this, because the bush will be constantly strewn with flowers.

For lush flowering choose a sunny spot for your hibiscus fertile soil. Since the bush grows quickly and needs to form a crown, in the spring it is cut to 1/3 of the length of the branches.

Budley David

David's Buddleia (Buddleja davidii) is often called the autumn lilac because of its similarity to this plant. Budleya grows quite quickly, reaching 2-3m in height.

At the end of July, long dense racemes develop on young shoots of the current year, consisting of small flowers of white, lilac and purple. Fragrant inflorescences smell like hyacinths and honey, attracting many bright butterflies to your garden!

Buddleya develops well and blooms profusely on nutritious, moderately moist soil, in a sunny, wind-protected place.

With the onset of autumn, after frosts, we cut the shoots of the bush almost to ground level, spud and fall asleep with peat or dry leaves. This way we will save dormant buds, from which new shoots will develop in the spring.

• Alba, White Cloud, White Profusion- white flowers
• Fascinating- pink
• Orchid Beauty- lilac-pink inflorescences
• royal red- deep red flowers
• Empire Blue- inky color
• Black Knight- dark purple flowers
• Harlequin- purple inflorescences

Weigela is one of the most decorative and profusely flowering shrubs. Weigela blooms in May and pleases with flowers: pink, red, cream, yellow and white bells, almost until mid-July. The decorativeness of the weigela is manifested not only in beautiful flowering, but also in leaves of different colors: green, purple, green with a white border.

The place for planting weigela should be sunny and protected from the wind, warmth and sun are prerequisites for its development. The soil for planting should be fertile and loose.

Weigela is a versatile plant and will fit into a garden of any style:

• japanese garden - perfect, thanks to the bright flowers and leaves
• alpine slide - dwarf varieties will place bright accents
• flower garden - in combination with perennials, after flowering it will be a wonderful background
• hedge is a great option if you pick varieties that bloom in different time

Pay attention to these varieties of weigela:

Bristol Ruby(Bristol Ruby)
Desboisii(Debussy)
Eva Rathke(Eva Rathke)
Feerie Lemoine(Fieri Lemoine)
Rosea(Rosea)
Candida(Candida)
Styriaca(Shtiriaka)
Newport Red(Newport Red)
Marc Tellier(Marc Tellier)
Pierre Duchartre(Pierre Duchartre)

Keriya japonica

Keria japonica is a wide shrub with green, straight, vine-like branches that form a cone-shaped crown. From May to July, keria is covered with beautiful, golden-yellow double flowers. An adult bush reaches 1-1.5m in height.

To hold back explosive growth keria and maintain its neat appearance, the bush needs to be trimmed regularly.

Keriya japonica grows well both in the sun and in partial shade. In landscape design, this bright bush is used both in the form of single plantings and in a group of plants, often located near high stone walls or fences.

Companions for keria can be dark green conifers, evergreens, weigela and plants with red foliage (Thunberg barberry "Atropurpurea" or "Rose Glow").

There are several decorative forms keria:

• Albomarginata- white bordered
• Pista (Variegata)- variegated

However, the most beautiful and most common - "Pleniflora" with dense double flowers on 2-meter branches.

Kolquitsia is lovely

This spectacular flowering shrub is the lovely kolkwitzia (Kolkwitzia amabilis). Flowering kolquitsia lasts a month: from mid-May to mid-June. Bright pink, bell-shaped flowers are collected in fluffy inflorescences and have a light, sweet scent that attracts bees, bumblebees and butterflies. An adult bush reaches a height of 2-4 m, and over time it becomes so in width.

Surprisingly, in the fall this plant will also not be left without attention, because the foliage on one bush can be of different colors. Very decorative.

Kolkvitia is pretty winter-hardy and loves well-lit places, however, partial shade will not prevent it from blooming luxuriantly. It is unpretentious and grows in any well-cultivated garden soil. Known varieties:

• Rosea(Rosey)

pink cloud(Pink Cloud)

tree peony

The tree peony is a handsome man worth planting in your garden! During flowering, it surprises with huge flowers of different shades, simple and semi-double.

Depending on the variety chosen, the flowers can be painted white, pistachio, raspberry, coral, burgundy, purple colors. But its decorativeness does not end there. The tree-like peony has openwork, carved leaves, which turn red and burgundy in autumn.

Against this background, most of the flower garden plants look advantageous and more vivid.

For full development and regular flowering, peonies require a sunny place with light partial shade, protected from wind and drafts. Pour gravel, broken brick, sand into the planting pits as drainage, as moisture stagnation in the roots can kill the plant.

• Green Jade (Green Jed)
• Hatsugarasu
• Noblewoman
• colorful painting
• Sing Yu Name
• Hus Red

Hydrangea

Hydrangea looks great as a single plant against a neat lawn, in a blooming free-style hedge and group plantings. Hydrangea can even be a standard tree!

This amazing plant blooms from early June until autumn with huge round caps or tassels of inflorescences. By the way, if you cut them and put them in a vase, they will not wither, but will dry out and decorate your house for a long time.

For good development and abundant flowering choose a place for planting hydrangeas in partial shade and ensure regular watering. Hydrangea loves water especially, not without reason its second name is Hydrangea (a vessel with water).

The soil for the hydrangea bush should be fertile, loose and acidic (or slightly acidic).

Advice: mulch the root zone of the hydrangea with forest coniferous litter, pine bark, cones. This will acidify the soil and protect the soil from drying out during the hot summer period.

Hydrangea paniculata:

• Vanille Fraise
• Wim's Red
• Silver dollar
• Grandiflora
• Pinky Winky
• Lime Light

Hydrangea Macrophylla:

• Hovaria Mirai
• Forever and ever

Hydrangea:

• Annabelle
• Bella Anna
• Pink Annabelle

Spirea

Spireas, depending on the variety and variety, look different and bloom at different times. Such a nuance can and should be used, with the device continuously blooming garden. Spirea is unpretentious and grows well without special conditions.

Plant spring-flowering varieties along with summer-flowering varieties and from May until the coldest weather you will enjoy the beauty and aroma of spirea. By the way, spirea is a well-known honey plant.

Spirea spring blooming:

• Thunberg
• oak-leaved
• Arguta
• gray
• Van Gutta

Summer flowering spireas:

• Japanese( Nana, Little Princess, Golden Princess, Dart's Red, Shirobana)

• white-flowered macrophylla
• Bumalda ( Anthony Waterer)
• Billard ( Triumphans)

To maintain a beautiful appearance and neat shape, spireas require pruning. Sanitary pruning is used for spring-flowering varieties, removing old and damaged branches. Adult bushes of summer-flowering varieties are cut in early spring at a level of 30 cm from the ground. This allows you to maintain the shape of the bush and prevent it from falling apart.

Forsythia (forsythia)

Forsythia belongs to the early flowering shrubs, which are covered with bright yellow bells in March and bloom until April. Flowers are located on bare branches and completely cover them.

Actually, during flowering, forsythia resembles a fluffy, golden fountain. In autumn, the leaves of the shrub are painted in bright colors, up to purple. This decoration is a must have in your garden.

Forsythia grows well in fertile, loose soils, in sunny areas and in partial shade. It is better not to plant it in the shade, as it will bloom and develop much weaker.

The forsythia bush recovers quickly even after cardinal pruning, so it is often used to create hedges. Conifers can be good companions for forsythia.

They mainly grow: ovoid (oval), hanging (F. suspensa) and intermediate (F. intermedia) forsythia, and in the southern regions - European (F. europaea), Giralda (F. giraldiana) and many other varieties.

Published by DecorateMe. Updated 27 Feb 2019 .

On the suburban area not to do without large perennial plants. Beautiful gardens day after day create a unique atmosphere, help to divide the space into zones, determine the character of the site. Shrubs have a place in hedges and when arranging borders. Plants different sizes and shapes - this is an excellent background for perennial flowers and annuals, as well as bright decorations for the entire garden.

What are the shrubs? Today, land owners are offered a variety of:

• decorative deciduous crops;
• plants, in different periods decorating the garden with their flowering;
• tall breeds;
• ground cover or low garden shrubs.

There are a lot of lushly flowering or strikingly colorful plants, but when choosing ornamental crops for summer cottages, attention is paid not only to their beauty, but also to the complexity of care. The less labor required for cultivation, the longer the shrub retains its bright appearance, the more valuable it is for the summer resident.

There are many such unpretentious and at the same time incredibly spectacular plants. Among them are those that can be found in every garden, and undeservedly forgotten shrubs. Descriptions and photos with the names of ornamental shrubs for summer cottages will be a good help in choosing the most worthy plants.

Beautiful shrubs for giving: photo with names

An indelible impression is left by the bushes, covered with caps of flowers in spring or summer. If you create a catalog of photos of the most unpretentious shrubs for giving, on the first pages there will be varieties of garden lilac, mock orange, often called jasmine due to the similarity of aromas.

Lilac

In May, gardens and summer cottages throughout Russia are covered with lilac, pink, purple and white clouds.

This blooms lilac, a spectacular shrub:

• up to three meters high;
• with pointed heart-shaped or broadly lanceolate foliage;
• with shoots covered with grayish-brown bark;
• with racemose inflorescences of simple or double fragrant flowers of various colors.

In nature, there are several dozen species of lilacs. There are many times more cultivars and hybrids. All plants winter well in the middle lane. The tall beautiful bushes shown in the photo for summer cottages prefer sunny places and grow easily on any soil.

To maintain decorativeness, faded brushes are removed in time, basal shoots are cut out and adult lilac bushes are gradually rejuvenated.

Chubushnik

Garden or, more correctly, blooms a little later than lilac. In the garden and in the country house, a beautiful ornamental shrub spreads an exquisite aroma; white, simple or semi-double flowers located at the ends of numerous shoots attract the eyes of hundreds of pollinating insects.

Existing varieties mock oranges differ from each other in terms of flowering, shape and size of corollas. Even variegated shrubs of this species have been bred. At the same time, all plants are very frost-resistant, not subject to pest attacks and are rarely affected by diseases.

Like lilac, mock orange requires pruning after flowering; for rejuvenation, shoots that have reached 5 years of age are also cut out. Removal of basal shoots and rarefaction of the bush will help maintain the shape.

Spirea

Photos of these most unpretentious shrubs for summer cottages invariably cause a wave of admiration. Very different in appearance, covered with white or pink flowers, amaze with decorative foliage and are divided into two large groups. Plants that bloom in spring are massively covered with caps of flowers, which crumble rather quickly. In summer, flowering of other varieties begins, transforming the garden for a long time.

Due to the presence of both compact and large forms, they help in creating hedges, they are indispensable in group plantings, but they will not get lost alone on the site, becoming its bright decoration.

With traditional care decorative bushes in the country they feel great in the sun and in partial shade, take root in areas with any light, loose soil.

Fieldfare rowanberry

The closest relative of spirea - also will not leave indifferent the summer resident, passionate about flowering shrubs. Depending on the variety, the height of a shrub with carved leaves resembling mountain ash varies from a meter to two. In the first half of summer, flowering begins, which lasts up to 3 weeks. At this time, the fluffy crown of the shrub is covered with white brushes of inflorescences. In autumn, the appearance of the shrub changes along with the color of the foliage, which turns from light green to bright golden.

In the middle lane, ornamental shrubs for summer cottages, the photos and names of which are given in the material, winter well without shelters and do not act up even with minimal care. The fieldfare is no exception. However, than better for the plant on the site, the greater the risk of its growth.

To limit the formation of root shoots, slate, a plastic border or dense geotextiles are dug in during planting.

vesicle

It has many merits. The most unpretentious shrub shown in the photo for giving from spring to late autumn will be its decoration thanks to:

• dense decorative foliage of green, golden or purple color;
• spectacular flowering in the first half of summer;
• reddish-purple fruits appearing in place of white corollas.

The vesicle, related to spireas, fieldfare, and other ornamental shrubs, is absolutely unpretentious, is characterized by rapid growth and simple care. The plant of the most spectacular forms protects the beauty in the sun and in the shade, however, bushes with purple foliage are best planted in open areas.

Japonica

Flowering begins in May. The fruits of this plant resemble real quince, but are much smaller and harder. They are edible. However, the shrub, the height of different species of which ranges from 0.5 to 2 meters, is valued not as a fruit, but as an ornamental crop.

Beautiful for a summer residence and a garden, it has a wide spreading crown, covered with hard, elongated dark green foliage. The peak of decorativeness falls on the appearance of many yellow, orange or, depending on the variety, large red flowers.

Japanese quince is frost-resistant, photophilous, not afraid of drought and shearing, tolerates planting on any, even acidic soil. Some plants bloom again in the second half of summer.

Honeysuckle

Blue with edible early fruits - popular garden plant. However, when decorating a site, other varieties of shrubs are often forgotten, many of which are extremely decorative and unpretentious.

In Russian conditions, shrubs of real honeysuckle, Tatar, honeysuckle and other species feel great. Plants from one and a half to three meters high are densely leafy. Young greens and shoots have a bluish tint. In June, the bushes are covered with tubular white, yellowish, pink and orange flowers emitting a delicate fragrance. After they wither, red, orange or dark fruits appear.

In the country, an ornamental shrub takes root both in the sun and in the shade. Feels good on any soil, giving an increase of up to 50 cm per year.

Three-lobed almond (Louisania)

bright decoration the site will become a three-lobed almond plant. An ornamental shrub or small tree up to 3 meters high blooms before foliage appears, covered with a bright cloud of simple or semi-double flowers. Corollas can be painted in pink, crimson, coral tones. Numerous flowers that open in May sit tightly on the shoots, so the crown seems completely pink.

In the middle lane, plants can freeze slightly, so young almonds are covered for the winter, and areas protected from the wind are chosen for planting.

Hydrangea

If there is a lot of shade on the site, many ornamental shrubs in the country feel oppressed, grow and bloom poorly. Salvation for the summer resident will be shade-loving. She is equally good in a single landing and in a group. Spherical or sprawling hydrangea bushes, thanks to the efforts of breeders, delight summer residents with white, pink, blue and greenish inflorescences that can be admired in the garden, cut and as a dried flower.

The culture is distinguished by long flowering, versatility of use and adaptability to the shade. Hydrangeas prefer acidic soil and abundant watering.

Unpretentious shrubs for summer cottages: photos and names of beautiful plants

The lush flowering of shrubs in the country always attracts attention and makes the site "special". But the petals inevitably wither, and the greenery merges with the general background and is no longer so attractive.

In order for those used in the design to be interesting in summer and autumn, in addition to flowering plants, decorative leafy and original fruit crops should be planted. If you look around, it turns out that there are a lot of names of beautiful shrubs for giving, as in the photo.

Euonymus

In the forests of central Russia, you can find an amazing shrub with ribbed shoots, bright fruits, decorated with unusual orange-pink pericarp and foliage, which by autumn turns bright pink and violet-purple tones. This European is an undemanding plant that can decorate a hill or become a highlight in a group of other shrubs.

Today, creeping varieties of euonymus with green or variegated foliage are very popular. The height of Fortune's euonymus, for example, does not exceed 20 cm. This crop will be equally useful under the crowns of garden trees, under high beautiful bushes in the country or, as in the photo, among stones and perennial grasses.

Snowberry

Speaking of best shrubs for registration suburban area, you can not ignore the snowberry. This deciduous plant up to a meter high does not strike with bright flowers or variegated foliage. The highlight of the snowberry is a very long flowering and decorative white or pink fruits that remain on bare branches even in winter. In summer, the shoots are densely strewn with pinkish small flowers and ovaries of varying degrees of ripeness.

In the middle lane, shown in the photo, an unpretentious, shrub for giving, according to the name, neither freezing nor death from drought is terrible.

The best place to plant is sunny areas or a transparent shade next to other decorative perennials or as part of a living border.

Currant golden

Currant for many summer residents is a favorite and valuable fruit crop. But not everyone knows that, in addition to white, crane and black currants, there are other interesting varieties.

A striking example - which without difficulty will not only bestow the owner of the site bountiful harvest delicious berries, but also decorate the garden. In spring, a large shrub with a spreading crown up to 2.5 meters high is first covered with smooth three- or five-fingered foliage, and then the branches are strewn with numerous yellowish-orange tubular flowers collected in brushes. An excellent honey plant, golden currant attracts a lot of insects to the site, and its flowering lasts up to 3 weeks.

In July, bright brown-golden or almost black sweet fruits sing, which are liked by both children and adults. Closer to autumn, the foliage on the shrub becomes first orange or pink-red, and then crimson, carmine and purple, which lasts until the snow.

viburnum

Kalina is not a truly unpretentious shrub, but its beauty and the benefits of berries pay off the effort required to care for the plant. In Russian gardens, you can see decorative types of viburnum, and ordinary, equally wonderful specimens. In spring and in the first days of summer, viburnum bushes are literally strewn with elegant white wreaths and lush caps of inflorescences. Flowering lasts up to two weeks.

Bright red fruits appear closer to autumn, at the same time the color of the foliage begins to change, which turns from green to crimson.

The advantages of the culture include frost resistance, stable flowering, adaptability to the sun and shade, as well as decorativeness throughout the growing season.

However, with general unpretentiousness, viburnum requires attention due to the need for constant watering and protection from pests. This beautiful ornamental shrub for summer cottages and gardens is very much “liked” by aphids, which from viburnum easily spread over other closely related plants.

Rose hip

Numerous photos of unpretentious shrubs for giving with this name show plants that are very different in appearance. This is explained by the fact that "wild rose" is a collective name that unites dozens of species of cultivated and wild roses.

All of them, unlike garden varietal and hybrid beauties, are unpretentious and generously share their beauty and useful fruits with the summer resident. On the obligatory site there is a place for a wrinkled rose with simple or double flowers up to 8 cm in diameter, a sweetish-spicy aroma and color in all shades from white to deep pink. This shrub has wrinkled, which gave the name to the shrub, large leaves and flattened fruits with juicy orange flesh and a mass of pubescent seeds inside.

Garden shrub, belonging to park roses, has a universal purpose, blooms from May until the end of summer. Thanks to this, and the foliage turning yellow by autumn, the bush is decorative from early spring to late autumn. grows well on all types of soil, does not freeze in winter and, with regular pruning, is easily kept within the given boundaries.

The gray-gray rose is no less decorative, with purple-silvery leaves, pink flowers and edible bright red fruits. A shrub up to 2 meters high blooms in the middle of summer, waits out harsh winters without loss and is not afraid of drought.

A light-loving plant is not demanding on soil fertility, but is afraid of stagnant water and reacts poorly to hyperacidity soil.

Irga

Irga is well known to summer residents of the Urals and Siberia, but it will be no less interesting for those who are not indifferent to the beauty of the site in other regions of the country. A plant with a height of 2 to 5 meters is not only distinguished by winter hardiness. Blooming luxuriantly in spring, this is an excellent honey plant.

Collected in brushes, white or milky-colored flowers strew the entire shrub, and by the second half of summer they turn into placers of rounded, gradually ripening fruits. At this time, the shrub is painted in all shades of pink, purple and purple.

Simple, oval or almost rounded leaves of shadberry in spring and summer have a dark green color with a purple sheen, which in autumn is replaced by festive carmine, orange, scarlet and purple colors.

The fruits of the irgi are tasty and healthy, therefore, a drought-resistant and frost-resistant shrub is often grown as fruit crop. But rich flowering and bright autumn foliage make it a valuable ornamental plant.

Hawthorn

Another shrub crop with useful fruits, hawthorn has long been valued as a valuable plant for landscape design. In addition to varieties with ordinary, white flowers, specimens with pink, simple and double corollas are popular today.

Transforms the garden throughout June, and closer to autumn, the shrubs are covered with reddish-purple fruits. A tall beautiful shrub for giving, as in the photo, is good both in a single planting and in a group, next to other bushes and herbaceous plants smaller sizes.

For planting hawthorn, well-lit areas with loose soil are chosen. Without time-consuming care, the plant will delight and excellent for many years. appearance, and a bountiful harvest.

List of noteworthy ornamental plants does not end with the above names and photos of beautiful shrubs for summer cottages. Many more crops can decorate a site without requiring daily protection or time-consuming care from the summer resident. An excellent example is the one who migrated from the forest. A bright forsythia will illuminate the flower beds with a vein. An unforgettable impression on the viewer is made by a spectacular action,

ornamental shrubs- a precious decoration for the garden. Particularly loved by gardeners are those that give beautiful foliage, original shape and long flowering.

Spirea, or meadowsweet

The advantages of spirea are obvious: it is unpretentious, does not require a special soil composition, and tolerates negative impacts in the form of frost, air pollution, heat, wind, shading. Seedlings grow into mature plants very quickly. And given that this shrub blooms very beautifully, it becomes clear that this is one of the best options for planting on the site as a hedge. But only low - spirea with a height of more than 1.5 m - a rarity.

Spirea bushes with drooping branches are good to plant on lawns
Spirea bushes are strewn with flowers during flowering
luxury spirea
From undersized spirea bushes you can arrange a border
Spirea on the lawn

Among the many varieties of spirea, there are shrubs that bloom at different times. If you choose varieties and carry out the correct planting, hedges can bloom from spring to late summer. You can focus not on flowering, but on the color of the foliage - red-leaved spireas are very beautiful, as well as having golden foliage.

Beautiful caps of spirea flowers
Spirea inflorescences are hairy and delicate
Spirea - honey plant, surrounded by bees during flowering Pointed form of spirea inflorescence
Spirea shaped like a ball

Spirea seedlings are planted in a hedge at a distance of about 50 cm. Immediately before planting, the roots should be cut - this will improve plant survival and shoot growth. In planting pits, in addition to garden soil, you can add a little peat and sand (3: 1: 1). Top dressing is desirable in spring (mainly nitrogen) and at the beginning of budding (more phosphorus and potassium). Reproduction is simple - division of bushes and layering.

Common varieties of spirea:

• Gray
• Arguta
• Wangutta
• Gorodchataya
• Thunberg
• Japanese
• White
• birch leaf
• Billard
• Bumalda

Kalina Buldonezh - the eternal bride

If you want to grow a viburnum hedge, Special attention worth paying attention to viburnum Buldonezh. According to experts, it is this type of shrub that is better suited than others for creating green fences. Its main advantage is very beautiful bloom. Unlike more familiar species viburnum, this variety has large, terry balls-inflorescences that do not fade for a relatively long time (about 3 weeks).

snow globes bulldonezh
Bush viburnum Buldonezh strewn with inflorescences
Short Bulldonezh in the front garden

True, viburnum Buldonezh is a decorative variety; it will not indulge in berries. But, on the other hand, are they really that important when it comes to hedges? The lack of fruits is fully compensated by the unpretentiousness of the plant and its excellent appearance.

Snow-white inflorescences on a background of greenery
The height of the bushes can be adjusted by pruning
bush group decorative viburnum- volumetric composition

Kalina is planted after 1.5-2 m in one row - this will be quite enough to get a hedge that is quite decent in size. The shrub propagates with the help of cuttings, seeds, layering or dividing the bush into parts.

Varieties of viburnum Buldonezh for the garden

• Buldenezh ordinary
• Bulldonezh decorative
• bulldonezh roseum

Lilac - a child of the sun and rainbow

Lilac is a beautiful shrub, suitable "growth", so many people want to see it in hedges. But not all types of lilacs are good in this regard. For example, varietal lilacs, growing up, very quickly become bare from below, moreover, among them there are many non-frost-resistant ones. And for sure: a lilac hedge should not be made by someone who is not going to constantly look after her.

Huge brushes of lilacs are impressive
wild bloom shrub
The white flowers of the shrub are especially tender and romantic. Beauty of Moscow - lilac, loved by many
Flower petals with light border

If, nevertheless, you decide, choose Amur or Hungarian lilacs for planting - they are unpretentious, do not grow too tall, can put up with high humidity plot, will survive dry times with minimal or even no watering. Also, for hedges, experts recommend the compact Meyer lilac (1.5 m high), as well as the Chinese lilac, which is characterized by rapid growth.

Gently pink inflorescences make the shrub especially elegant
Lilac brushes full and numerous
Interesting flower colors

The minimum requirements that lilacs impose on the place of growth: good lighting (otherwise you can’t wait for abundant flowering), sufficient air circulation, fertile and loose soil (sandy, clay, acidic soils are excluded).

The plant can be formed by a tree
Hot pink flower brushes

Lilac seedlings in the hedge are planted in increments of 1.5-2 m. Annual pruning - immediately after flowering, because the faded plant very quickly begins to lay buds for flowering next year.

Favorite varieties of lilac

• Beauty of Moscow
• Hungarian
• Flora
• Poltava
• Dream
• partisan
• Twilight
• Princess Clementine
• Taras Bulba
• A great victory
• Romance
• White Night
• Captain Gastello
• Mulatto
• Alexey Maresyev

Jasmine (mock orange) - moonlight of love

Luxurious flowering of jasmine, its aroma, fast growth, unpretentiousness, ability to grow on almost any soil, have made this plant incredibly popular for our gardens. From its bushes, an excellent hedge is obtained: dense from bottom to top due to the many branching shoots, decorative from spring to autumn.

Double jasmine flowers
Jasmine - mock orange simple flowers also charming
graceful flowers shrubs attract insects with a sweet smell

If the place is well lit by the sun, and the soil is not waterlogged and fertile enough, the mock orange blooms profusely every year. Flowers appear on annual plants, young shoots on adult plants are covered with flowers the very next year.

Bush full of white flowers
The flowers make it hard to see the leaves.

Seedlings are planted in a hedge at a distance of 0.5-0.7 m. Usually, they take root well - the root system is strong. It is not difficult to propagate mock orange by dividing the bush or by green cuttings (during the flowering period of the plant).
Recommended varieties of garden jasmine

• Avalanche
• snow avalanche
• Elbrus
• Mont Blanc
• Komsomolets
• Kazbek
• Arctic
• flight of moths
• Pompon
• Moonlight
• Virginal

Forsythia - golden lilac

Forsythia is considered by many gardeners to be one of the most successful hedges. This dense beautiful shrub grows quickly and does not require special attention. A feature of forsythia is early flowering. The bushes are covered with bright yellow flowers even before the rest of the plants in the garden begin to appear green leaves.

the bush is like the sun: it seems to radiate light
Regular pruning will keep the bushes neat

Forsythia is planted in the fall, before the onset of frost. It should be borne in mind that the shrub grows strongly over time and can reach a height of about 3 m, and a width of up to 2. When planting, the optimal distance between individual bushes is 1-1.2 m. When the bushes grow, they form a dense, solid "wall".

In early spring, when there are so few flowers
Sunny shrub in the garden - to joy

Other important feature growing forsythia - its intolerance to excessive soil moisture. To ensure good water permeability of the soil, it must be loose. Drainage is poured at the bottom of the pits or trenches, where the plants will subsequently be planted. Moreover, the drainage layer should be made quite large - up to 20 cm. A layer of river or building sand is poured over it.

In the hedge forsythia in its place
Shrub loves open areas flooded with sun

Forsythia loves alkaline or neutral soils. It is recommended to neutralize the acidity of the earth by adding a small amount of wood ash or lime directly into the planting hole for each bush.

The easiest way to propagate plants is by layering, bending the lower shoots of the bush to the ground, or by green cuttings in late May and early June.

The best varieties of forsythia

• Variegata
• Spring Glory
• fortune
• Siebold
• Denziflora
• Tetragold

Weigela - chameleon shrub

Weigela bushes are lush, 1-1.5 m high (rarely more). Although there are dwarf forms of the plant, growing no more than 0.5 m in height. One of interesting features of this ornamental shrub - double flowering. The first time weigela blooms in early summer, the second - in September. Moreover, flowering lasts a long time - 15-30 days. The plant loves freedom, so a dense fence cannot be formed with their help, but a free-growing dividing “tape” from it is a miracle.

Weigela varieties Florida with red flowers
This plant always attracts attention with its decorative effect.
pink shrub flowers
The flowers are large bells and cover the branches almost completely.

Weigela prefers areas well-lit by the sun or partial shade. You can not plant this plant in a site with a dense shadow - it will develop slowly, the bushes will become stunted and weak. If there is an artificial or natural barrier nearby that prevents the sun's rays, it is better to choose a different shrub for the hedge.

Several plant bushes planted in a row - splendor
Dark red flowers look original
Weigela hedge is low, but very elegant
Long branches-lashes of a bush are picturesque

It is customary to plant weigela in the spring. To do this, choose healthy seedlings up to 3 years old. The distance between individual bushes is made quite large (1.2-1.5 m), since the weigela grows widely. If the moment for planting was missed in the spring, you should not try to plant a hedge in the fall. At this time of the year, the plant does not take root well, and most of the seedlings may simply die.

Weigela loves fertile and, at the same time, well-loosened soils. It is optimal to lay a mixture of sod land, humus and leafy soil (in equal proportions) And since the shrub does not tolerate excess moisture, it is recommended to lay a drainage layer at the bottom of each planting hole.

Varieties of weigela for gardens of our climate

• Purpurea
• Early
• Korean
• hybrid
• Eva Rathke
• Rosea
• Middendorf

Japanese quince (chaenomeles) - fire bush

Japanese quince is a medium-sized shrub that can reach a width and height of 1-1.2 m. The leaves are green and shiny, they can have an original color with a bronze tint. The flowers are red, raspberry, pink, reach 3-5 cm in diameter. In September, large edible fruits ripen from the flowers, which also look attractive.

Japanese quince flowers
The shrub grows slowly, but for the sake of such beauty it is worth to be patient
Flowering begins

A feature of Japanese quince is slow growth. Within one year, the growth of a shrub can be only 3-4 cm. Of course, if ideal conditions are created for the plant, then the growth can be more, but not by much. But Japanese quince is great for creating beautiful dividing fences on the site. This plant tolerates any negative influences. environment, shading, excellent for cutting.

to plant Japanese quince better in early spring, before the trees begin to bud. If the seedlings were purchased in the fall, planting can be done, but no later than September, each bush must be planted high upon the onset of cold weather.

Bright red bloom
Japanese quince in a hedge

The distance between individual bushes is left not too large, about 0.5 m. As for the depth of the hole, it should be such that the root collar remains above the soil surface.

AT very coldy Japanese quince shoots may freeze slightly, but the bush recovers quickly. Japanese quince is propagated mainly by seeds. Layers and offspring form roots for a very long time, you can get a plant with their help in a few years.